Tadas Chodakauskas

Tadas Chodakauskas was a Major in the Lithuanian Army and the Mayor of Panevėžys, Lithuania from 1925 to 1940.

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Tadas Chodakauskas was born May 4, 1889, at Gavėnonių Estate, to Antanas Chodakauskas (1850-1925) and Maria-Joanna Chodakowska (1852-1910). He studied at St. Catherine gymnasium in St. Petersburg, graduating in 1907, and then at St. Petersburg Imperial University.
On November 1, 1914, he was conscripted into the Russian army and assigned to the Lifeguards Grodno Hussar Regiment, a cavalry regiment. He was later sent to military school. By 1917 he was serving as the 171 Battalion Company Commander.
In 1918 Tadas returned to Lithuania and settled in Panevėžys. On December 8, 1918, he joined the Lithuanian volunteer army. On May 26, 1919 he became a special affairs officer of the Lithuanian army and assigned to KAM Headquarters. On June 1, 1920 Tadas was promoted to the rank of Captain and then on October 11, 1920 he graduated from the upper courses for officers.
Tadas married Jadvyga Kosinska (1899-1974) on February 15, 1922, in the Kėdainiai district municipality. She had one son, Stanislovas (1920-c1975), from a previous marriage.
On June 1, 1923 Tadas was promoted to the rank of Major and then, on January 23, 1924 he was appointed head of mobilization for the Panevėžys district. On February 10, 1925 he was released from the army.
In 1925 Tadas was elected Mayor of Panevėžys, a post he would hold from 1925 to 1940. While mayor he lived at 22 Vasario 16 –osios gatvė, Panevėžys and bought Staniūnų Dvaras, a property on the outskirts of Panevėžys in Staniūnų.

In 1940, when the Soviets occupied Lithuania, Tadas and his family tried to escape to Germany but were stopped at the border. Tadas obeyed a strict requirement of the Germans and fell into the Soviet occupied part of Germany. His family was able to emigrate to the United States but he was left in Lithuania. He settled in Čičikų village, Vilkaviskio county. The priest of the Lankeliškių parish, Justin Lelesius (code name Earl) asked him to join the resistance movement.
On December 22, 1945 the KGB arrested, interrogated and broke Tadas. He became a KGB agent (code name ‘The Lion', personal file number: 15136.) He was originally used as a prison cell agent. On May 1, 1949 he participated in the famous KGB detention operation at Palanga, led by John Deksnys. This operation had a decisive influence on anti-Soviet resistance Center (BDPS) rout 1953rd.
Tadas died April 22, 1959 in Vilnius from a heart attack. He was buried at Saulės Cemetery, Vilnius, on April 25, 1959.
Tadas was awarded the Cross of Vytis, 5th Degree Order (in 1929) and The Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, 3rd class order. Some of Tadas’ furniture is displayed at Panevėžio Museum, Vasario 16-osios g. 23, Panevėžys, and a section of the exhibit is devoted to him.

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